If you’re looking for a hardy, bird-friendly, and fast-growing plant to create privacy or define your boundary, Callistemon (bottlebrush) is one of the best choices for South east Queensland and Sunshine Coast gardens. With their dense foliage and colourful, nectar-rich flowers, they make perfect hedges, screens, or windbreaks. Here are our Top 10 Bottlebrushes for Screening.
1. Callistemon ‘Wildfire’
A tall, upright grower with masses of bright red bottlebrush flowers. Perfect for larger screens or windbreaks, reaching up to 3m. Tough and bird-friendly.
2. Callistemon ‘Great Balls of Fire’
Features vibrant pink new foliage and dense green growth. Grows to approx. 2–2.5m tall, perfect for colourful, dense hedging or screening.
3. Callistemon ‘Endeavour’
A popular choice for classic red flowering bottlebrush hedges. Grows 2–3m tall with a tidy, upright shape and is highly bird-attracting.
4. Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
One of the tallest varieties, growing 3–4m with large red flowers. Ideal for creating an impressive tall screen or windbreak.
5. Callistemon ‘Hannah Ray’
A graceful, weeping variety with soft green foliage and bright red flowers. Grows 3–5m tall, perfect for informal hedges or boundary screens.
6. Callistemon ‘Prolific’
True to its name, this variety produces masses of bright red flowers and has a bushy, upright form. Grows 2–3m tall and makes an excellent flowering hedge.
7. Callistemon ‘Slim’
A narrow, upright bottlebrush ideal for tight spaces or along fences. Grows 2–3m tall but stays around 1m wide, making it perfect for narrow screens.
8. Callistemon ‘Matthew Flinders’
A dwarf, compact bottlebrush ideal for low screening or hedging. Grows to around 70cm high but is included here as a great option for low boundary planting.
9. Callistemon ‘Purple Splendour’
Produces deep reddish-purple flowers and forms a dense medium-sized shrub. Grows 2–3m tall, adding colour and structure to the garden.
10. Callistemon ‘Reeves Pink’
Features soft pink bottlebrush flowers and compact growth. Grows 1.5–2m tall, ideal for soft-coloured screening or mixed native hedging.
Find the Right Native Screening Plant at Garden Centre Sunshine Coast
We stock a wide range of Callistemon varieties perfect for screening, hedging, and attracting native wildlife. Visit us in-store or shop online at Garden Centre Sunshine Coast to find the perfect plant for your garden.